China News Service, September 29. According to foreign media reports, World Health Organization officials said on the 28th that the official death toll caused by the new coronavirus pandemic may be lower than the true figure.

The number of deaths from the new crown reported globally has approached 1 million.

　　According to the latest data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, as of 6:23 am on September 29, Beijing time, the new crown virus has caused at least 999,667 deaths worldwide.

The data also shows that the United States is the country with the largest number of deaths in the world, with at least 205,024 deaths.

Brazil followed closely with 141,741 deaths, followed by India with 95,542 deaths.

According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 11:23 on September 22, Eastern Time (23:23, Beijing time), the cumulative number of deaths from the new crown in the United States exceeded 200,000, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases was 6.861 million.

The picture shows the Washington National Mall taken on the 22nd. A civil organization planted 20,000 American flags here to mourn the death of the new crown.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Mengtong

　　However, Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO emergency plan, said on the 28th that the true number of infections and deaths is likely to be underestimated.

　　"When you count anything, you can't count the results perfectly. But I can assure you that the current figures may be an underestimation of the true number of deaths," when asked about the global number of deaths, he was at the agency Geneva Said at a press conference at the headquarters.

　　A study published in the JAMA Journal of Internal Medicine in July found that the number of deaths from the new coronavirus in the United States may be underestimated by 28%.

Researchers at Yale University used data from the National Center for Health Statistics to compare the number of excess deaths in the United States with the reported weekly deaths.

　　In May, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated that New York City, which was once the epicenter of the epidemic in the United States, confirmed that 5,000 people may have died from the new crown virus, but it did not count the official death toll.

　　A model from the Institute of Health Measurement and Evaluation once cited by the White House shows that 371,500 Americans will die from the new crown virus from now on January 1 next year.

　　WHO officials also stated on the 28th that the world will have to "live with the new crown virus for a period of time."

　　WHO officials urge world leaders and public health officials to improve diagnosis and health systems to better respond to future developments in the epidemic.

　　At the press conference, WHO Director-General Tan Desai announced an agreement to send 120 million new coronavirus rapid tests (reagents) worldwide, especially in low- and middle-income countries.

　　A few days ago, the World Health Organization stated that if countries do not work together to curb the spread of the new crown virus, it is not impossible to double the death toll.

　　"This is of course unimaginable, but it is not impossible, because if we think about losing 1 million people in nine months, and then look at the reality of getting a vaccine in the next nine months, it’s for everybody Participants are an arduous task," Ryan said when talking about whether the death toll from the new crown virus may increase to 2 million.